Wiley A. Branton/Howard Law Journal Symposium

Thursday, November 1, 2012
Howard University School of Law
Moot Court Room | 8:30am-4:30pm

Opening SpeakerHarold McDougall
Professor of Law
Howard University School of Law

Keynote SpeakerTomiko Brown-Nagin
Professor of Law
Harvard Law School and author of Courage to Dissent

Closing SpeakerCongresswoman
Eleanor Holmes Norton

Three panels will discuss:

Wealth disparities

The state of protest and civil disobedience

Political polarization

Welcoming Address: 9:30AM
Featuring: Professor Harold McDougall

Panel 1: The Poor are Getting Poorer: Economic Insecurity Leads to Economic Inequality, 10:00AM -11:00AM
This panel discusses how wealth disparity has led to social unrest in the United States and what legal responses legal, or otherwise, are required.
Featuring: Dean Lisa Crooms-Robinson, Professor Andre Smith, and Professor Thomas Mitchell

Panel 2: “Protest, What Have You Done for Me Lately (… Legally)?”, 11:15AM - 12:15PM
This panel explores the role of protest in the modern-day era—Occupy Movement, union strikes, chants for Trayvon, hashtags—did these exercises of free speech lead to legal progress, or were they just episodes of public outrage?